Mother of man set to hang in Singapore urges PM to intercede

<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCqpnu2NZvqyEy-48aC1_EitChviCGCQq2nTYyOXaHGD4x53Sy6qmQyMF8rsPUzqKWzn4Tg3UOryfb1-jk5JC1CoottTud-_yIunF8JgDmU57_1VNguHdi42IoBs50rPdxDbx3U9M5A7Y/s1600/prabagaran.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Prabagaran Srivijayan" border="0" height="248" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCqpnu2NZvqyEy-48aC1_EitChviCGCQq2nTYyOXaHGD4x53Sy6qmQyMF8rsPUzqKWzn4Tg3UOryfb1-jk5JC1CoottTud-_yIunF8JgDmU57_1VNguHdi42IoBs50rPdxDbx3U9M5A7Y/s400/prabagaran.jpg" title="Prabagaran Srivijayan" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Prabagaran Srivijayan</td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: justify;">A woman today pleaded with Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak to intercede on behalf of her son, Prabagaran Srivijayan, who was convicted of drug trafficking in Singapore and sentenced to die.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">V. Eswary, 54, said in an open letter to the PM that she was told her 29-year-old son received an "unfair trial".</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">She said that the car he drove when he was arrested did not belong to him, but to a friend who lent it to Prabagaran. Prabagaran only used the car as he was afraid his motorcycle would be repossessed due to delinquent payments.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">"Prabagaran was caught by the police because there was 'stuff' in the car," Eswary said in the letter read out by a representative at a press conference here.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">"I was told by the lawyers that the proceedings and trial in Prabagaran's case were unfair. All his cases in the Singapore courts were rejected," she said.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Eswary said she last met her son on Monday, when he broke down and maintained his innocence.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">"He's always cries, saying he didn't do it and said he is being forced to admit," Eswary added.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">According to the Berita Daily news portal, Prabagaran was arrested in 2012 after 22.24g of diamorphine, a banned opiate was discovered wrapped in 2 bundles in the centre console of the car he drove at the Woodlands Checkpoint.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">He was convicted in 2014 and given the death sentence that is mandated by the republic's drug laws.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Concerns about possible unfairness in the trial arose when it emerged that the conviction was secured without the testimony of 2 purportedly key witnesses.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Prabagaran has exhausted all legal avenues to appeal his conviction in Singapore.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">His case was taken up by M. Ravi who professed to be an international human rights advocate and established the Singapore Anti-Death Penalty Campaign.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Ravi is working with Malaysian lawyers Latheefa Koya and N. Surendran to urge Putrajaya to try and stop Prabagaran's execution.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">At the press conference, Ravi said that he submitted a memorandum to the Malaysian government via its consulate in Singapore on December 22, but has not received any response despite being promised one.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The memorandum was in relation Singapore's obligation to uphold the right to a fair trial.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">He said that the Malaysian government could file an immediate complaint with the International Court of Justice on Prabagaran's case.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">"I think Singapore, in my respectful opinion, will abide by the decision," he said.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Ravi later told Malay Mail Online that he was a former lawyer who had previously represented Prabagaran in the Singapore courts.</div><br />Source: themalaymailonline.com, January 11, 2017<br /><br /><br /><h2>2 drug pushers sentenced to death in Malaysia</h2><br />The High Court here sentenced 2 men to death for trafficking 745.6gm and 52.1gm of syabu respectively on Wednesday.<br /><br />High Court Judge Datuk Nurchaya Arshad delivered the sentence on Andy Majudil, 35, a local, and Mohd Noor Jumat, 38, a Brunei national after finding that the prosecution had proven its case.<br /><br />They appeared calm upon hearing the verdict.<br /><br />Andy and Noor were found guilty of committing the offence at a house in Taman Nelly, Inanam at 9.30pm on Nov 19, 2013.<br /><br />They were convicted under Section 39B(1)(a) of the Dangerous Drugs Act which carries the death penalty upon conviction.<br /><br />Andy and Mohd Noor had on Nov 29, last year, respectively gave unsworn statements in their defence.<br /><br />They were represented by counsel Ram Singh and Datuk Seri Rakhbir Singh respectively, while Deputy Public Prosecutor Wan Farah Farriza Wan Ghazali appeared for the prosecution.<br /><br />Source: thestar.com.my, January 11, 2017<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">⚑ | Report an error, an omission; suggest a story or a new angle to an existing story; submit a piece; recommend a resource; contact the webmaster, contact us: <a href="mailto:deathpenaltynews@gmail.com">deathpenaltynews@gmail.com</a>.</div><br /><table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="4" style="background-color: white; border-collapse: collapse; border: 0px solid rgb(255, 204, 0); color: black; text-align: center; width: 100%;"><tbody><tr> <td><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: right;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/WebDPN/" target="_blank"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhL4sspwgGptzvuHVklum5TwxKppRN-lIC5TN8RLZFq_B4ZOtBrX1ssXPNKQ6XpSyQFRJRtVQN45HMkpt3VX0JtOW0TovwxZAurG-AV6gh98IAXo7Ip6QlpkZr9WrM3_m943Mwy-gGxBAY/s1600/Find+us+Facebook.jpg" /></a></div></td> <td><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://twitter.com/WebDPN" target="_blank"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiULIPEaT_P6oIauxAZd17XRRxljesDLS7iIjdQXT7Xct99uHeohx4IYmiAB6S044gTjMDGSy50sL2vDzOyPZ-3vJj9zwcYQ2rgzJh9v1-QDiunKAQtLLLqJ83s38qN3HABxGIC8GsIOD0/s1600/Find+us+twitter.jpg" /></a><span id="goog_1427852018"></span><span id="goog_1427852019"></span><a href="https://www.blogger.com/"></a></div></td> </tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><b>Opposed to Capital Punishment? 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Mother of man set to hang in Singapore urges PM to intercede

Prabagaran Srivijayan A woman today pleaded with Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak to intercede on behalf of her son, Prabagaran Srivija...

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Mixed Messages on the Death Penalty in Indonesia's Drug War

<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTWzOmYhoFp-0HE_DrROfCTJOO6_RcSXhSNfc_s7-Vc73quAPAOEzVRF2lTYFDYbs5mt974YBVQdnFzxO3Fj8lYP-5uFjvqzUIBdA1QMDxszJaxC85DY4bTlQNv1KbXLRe-mn53YZGRa0/s1600/Duterte+Widodo+Indonesia+9+SEPT+2016.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Philippine President R. Duterte (left) and Indonesian President J. Widodo" border="0" height="301" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTWzOmYhoFp-0HE_DrROfCTJOO6_RcSXhSNfc_s7-Vc73quAPAOEzVRF2lTYFDYbs5mt974YBVQdnFzxO3Fj8lYP-5uFjvqzUIBdA1QMDxszJaxC85DY4bTlQNv1KbXLRe-mn53YZGRa0/s400/Duterte+Widodo+Indonesia+9+SEPT+2016.jpg" title="Philippine President R. Duterte (left) and Indonesian President J. Widodo" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Philippine President R. Duterte (left) and Indonesian President J. Widodo</td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: justify;">Indonesian authorities are sending mixed messages on the death penalty. The country abstained on a UN resolution for its abolition, and the president hinted at ending it, but some senior political figures are calling for the increased execution of drug offenders.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">On December 19, 2016, Indonesia was one of 31 countries that abstained from voting on a UN resolution that called for a moratorium on the use of the death penalty, the Jakarta Post reports. The UN has voted on a resolution on abolishing the death penalty every 2 years since 2008. Indonesia has abstained on every such resolution since 2012; prior to this, it had consistently voted <i>against </i>the measures.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Human rights advocates, including the Human Rights Working Group, praised the government's abstention, as Indonesia has built a reputation as a prolific executioner of non-violent drug offenders under President Joko Widodo.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Between 2010 and 2014, despite numerous people being sentenced to death in Indonesia, no executions took place [NB: 5 executions were indeed carried out in Indonesia in 2013: <a href="http://deathpenaltynews.blogspot.fr/2013/03/indonesia-execution-of-adami-wilson.html" target="_blank">Adami Wilson</a>, <a href="http://deathpenaltynews.blogspot.fr/2013/05/indonesia-executes-three-murderers.html" target="_blank">Suryadi Swabhuana, Jurit bin Abdullah, Ibrahim bin Ujang</a>, <a href="http://deathpenaltynews.blogspot.fr/2013/11/indonesia-fifth-execution-confirms.html" target="_blank">Muhammad Abdul Hafeez</a>. No executions were carried out between 2009 and 2012. -- DPN]. This changed after Widodo entered office in October 2014, since which 18 people have been executed - all for drug trafficking.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Many of those executed were foreigners whose respective governments engaged in futile diplomatic efforts to reduce their citizens' sentences. At least 2 death row inmates, including one who was executed last year, accused law enforcement of torture during their interrogation.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Despite Widodo's renewal of the death penalty, he recently hinted at potential reform. In an interview with ABC News in November 2016, the president said, "We are very open to options. I don't know when but we want to move towards that direction [of abolishing capital punishment]."</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">While Widodo's remarks suggest that human rights progress may be on the horizon for Indonesia, statements from other authorities paint a far darker picture of the future of the country's drug policy.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Attorney General Muhammad Prasetyo stated in early December that executions were planned "in the near future", and that the state would be prioritising people convicted of drug-related crimes.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">In December, Budi Waseso - chief of the country's National Narcotics Agency (BNN) - told members of a new regional counter-narcotic taskforce, "Don't hesitate to shoot drug traffickers, drug dealers and drug users. Anyone involved in drug trafficking should be punished harshly, including traitors in the BNN body".</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">With echoes of President Rodrigo Duterte's calls for the slaughter of alleged drug offenders in the Philippines, Waseso's remarks suggest that a striking intensification of the Indonesian approach to drug policy may occur.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Indonesian NGOs have repeatedly urged the government to officially end the death penalty, pointing out the lack of evidence for its supposed deterrent effect, and arguing that it contributes to societal harms.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Ardhany Suryadarma, Policy Manager for the EU-funded project, Asia Action on Harm Reduction, proclaimed: "These executions only exacerbate the stigmatisation of people who use drugs, driving them underground, and away from [harm reduction interventions, which] ... keep individuals safer and curb the HIV epidemic."</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The country has, seemingly, reached a crossroads, and the next step that it takes in regard to the death penalty will clarify its place in a region that is increasingly divided on the matter.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">For example, Malaysia seems to have introduced a secret moratorium on capital punishment for drug-related offences.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Conversely, President Duterte's state-mandated violence against people allegedly involved with drugs has left at least 6,000 people dead in the Philippines since July 2016. Despite international condemnation, his government advocates the continuation of his lethal campaign.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">There are clearly conflicting ideologies between different authorities in Indonesia, and it is unclear which path the government will take. The country is currently at a crossroads: will Widodo stay true to his word and move towards adherence to the UN resolution? Will Indonesia return to its traditional approach of state-mandated executions? Or will it begin implementing extrajudicial killings as seen in the Philippines?</div><br />Source: talkingdrugs.org, January 10, 2017<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">⚑ | Report an error, an omission; suggest a story or a new angle to an existing story; submit a piece; recommend a resource; contact the webmaster, contact us: <a href="mailto:deathpenaltynews@gmail.com">deathpenaltynews@gmail.com</a>.</div><br /><table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="4" style="background-color: white; border-collapse: collapse; border: 0px solid rgb(255, 204, 0); color: black; text-align: center; width: 100%;"><tbody><tr> <td><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: right;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/WebDPN/" target="_blank"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhL4sspwgGptzvuHVklum5TwxKppRN-lIC5TN8RLZFq_B4ZOtBrX1ssXPNKQ6XpSyQFRJRtVQN45HMkpt3VX0JtOW0TovwxZAurG-AV6gh98IAXo7Ip6QlpkZr9WrM3_m943Mwy-gGxBAY/s1600/Find+us+Facebook.jpg" /></a></div></td> <td><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://twitter.com/WebDPN" target="_blank"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiULIPEaT_P6oIauxAZd17XRRxljesDLS7iIjdQXT7Xct99uHeohx4IYmiAB6S044gTjMDGSy50sL2vDzOyPZ-3vJj9zwcYQ2rgzJh9v1-QDiunKAQtLLLqJ83s38qN3HABxGIC8GsIOD0/s1600/Find+us+twitter.jpg" /></a><span id="goog_1427852018"></span><span id="goog_1427852019"></span><a href="https://www.blogger.com/"></a></div></td> </tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><b>Opposed to Capital Punishment? 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Mixed Messages on the Death Penalty in Indonesia's Drug War

Philippine President R. Duterte (left) and Indonesian President J. Widodo Indonesian authorities are sending mixed messages on the death pen...

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Putrajaya urged to save Malaysian on Singapore death row

<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCqpnu2NZvqyEy-48aC1_EitChviCGCQq2nTYyOXaHGD4x53Sy6qmQyMF8rsPUzqKWzn4Tg3UOryfb1-jk5JC1CoottTud-_yIunF8JgDmU57_1VNguHdi42IoBs50rPdxDbx3U9M5A7Y/s1600/prabagaran.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Prabagaran Srivijayan" border="0" height="248" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCqpnu2NZvqyEy-48aC1_EitChviCGCQq2nTYyOXaHGD4x53Sy6qmQyMF8rsPUzqKWzn4Tg3UOryfb1-jk5JC1CoottTud-_yIunF8JgDmU57_1VNguHdi42IoBs50rPdxDbx3U9M5A7Y/s400/prabagaran.jpg" title="Prabagaran Srivijayan" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Prabagaran Srivijayan</td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: justify;">The argument put forward by activist groups in Singapore, led by lawyer M Ravi, is that core elements involving prevention and protection of right of life were ignored.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Hindraf has come out in support of the call to have a Malaysian on death row in Singapore be given a reprieve.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Hindraf chairman P Waytha Moorthy also urged Putrajaya to intervene and "ensure that a Malaysian life is not short-lived or falls prey to antics of Singapore without having an opportunity to preserve their life".</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">"Singapore with its statutory presumption has failed to do what is necessary and in line with customary international law, where a notion of prevention is an important part of protection of the right to life.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">"They have an obligation to provide and facilitate this right including the duties to take reasonable measures to prevent such capital punishment rather than relying on a slapstick statutory presumption," he said in a statement released today.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Waytha was referring to the case of Prabagaran Srivijayan, 29, who is on death row in the island republic and is set to be executed in a few weeks.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">He was convicted in 2012 after drugs were found in the car he was driving to enter Singapore.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">According to Waytha, Prabagaran had during the trial claimed that he did not know of the existence of the drugs in the car, which he said he had borrowed from a man called Nathan.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">"During investigations, he had also positively identified Nathan and another man Balu from photographs shown to him by the Singapore police but for unknown reasons the Singapore authorities failed to seek their Malaysian counterpart's assistance to secure the arrest of Nathan and Balu," Waytha said.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">He added that the Singapore Court of Appeal had rejected Prabagaran's appeal based on circumstantial evidence and after having failed to note that material witnesses were not produced in court by the prosecution in the original trial.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Meanwhile, it was reported yesterday that a prominent Singaporean lawyer and 2 of his Malaysian counterparts are racing against the clock to save Prabagaran's life.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Singaporean M Ravi, who founded the Singapore Anti-Death Penalty Campaign, is <a href="http://deathpenaltynews.blogspot.com/2017/01/singapore-malaysia-lawyers-race-against.html" target="_blank">working with human rights lawyers Latheefa Koya and N Surendran to stop Prabagaran's execution</a>.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Both Latheefa and Surendran are members of PKR. Surendran is also the Padang Serai MP.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTYrwfUJBZbuz-ZRmoJwep0wIRSXMZEkE37XBuXCDa-XsNvrUSgOPsaDqzs-sTDaFgTvVRzrPYidVCIcUHUcRw4bOgbxKzp4tXbTJVRQIJU3yudZYfmLlWb7CaQrN5qC9vQogyMTh7AD4/s1600/M+Ravi+SINGAPORE.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Singapore lawyer M Ravi" border="0" height="315" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTYrwfUJBZbuz-ZRmoJwep0wIRSXMZEkE37XBuXCDa-XsNvrUSgOPsaDqzs-sTDaFgTvVRzrPYidVCIcUHUcRw4bOgbxKzp4tXbTJVRQIJU3yudZYfmLlWb7CaQrN5qC9vQogyMTh7AD4/s400/M+Ravi+SINGAPORE.jpg" title="Singapore lawyer M Ravi" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Singapore lawyer M Ravi</td></tr></tbody></table>According to Singapore website The Independent, the Malaysian lawyers may file for a judicial review in the Kuala Lumpur High Court for an order to compel Putrajaya to file an immediate complaint at the International Court of Justice (ICJ).</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">"The argument put forward by activist groups in Singapore, led by lawyer Ravi, is that the core elements involving prevention and protection of right of life are ignored.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">In contrast, statutory presumptions are prioritised without affording a prompt, thorough and effective investigation and securing all relevant evidence concerning the event to prevent a violation of the right of life for Prabagaran," Waytha, who is a former deputy minister in the prime minister's department, said.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Waytha added that Malaysia, like Singapore, are signatories to bilateral and multilateral agreements such as the International Drug Control Conventions of 1961, 1971 & 1988 which allows the infringed party to raise the grievances for their own citizens.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">"These treaties envisage reference of disputes to the ICJ that opens a door for the Malaysian government to bring forth a case against Singapore when it involves the Malaysian citizen as it is reflected in Article 36 in the statute of ICJ," he said.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Meanwhile, Waytha noted that almost 70% of the prisoners on death row in Singapore are Malaysians.</div><br />Source: The Independent, January 9, 2017<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">⚑ | Report an error, an omission; suggest a story or a new angle to an existing story; submit a piece; recommend a resource; contact the webmaster, contact us: <a href="mailto:deathpenaltynews@gmail.com">deathpenaltynews@gmail.com</a>.</div><br /><table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="4" style="background-color: white; border-collapse: collapse; border: 0px solid rgb(255, 204, 0); color: black; text-align: center; width: 100%;"><tbody><tr> <td><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: right;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/WebDPN/" target="_blank"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhL4sspwgGptzvuHVklum5TwxKppRN-lIC5TN8RLZFq_B4ZOtBrX1ssXPNKQ6XpSyQFRJRtVQN45HMkpt3VX0JtOW0TovwxZAurG-AV6gh98IAXo7Ip6QlpkZr9WrM3_m943Mwy-gGxBAY/s1600/Find+us+Facebook.jpg" /></a></div></td> <td><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://twitter.com/WebDPN" target="_blank"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiULIPEaT_P6oIauxAZd17XRRxljesDLS7iIjdQXT7Xct99uHeohx4IYmiAB6S044gTjMDGSy50sL2vDzOyPZ-3vJj9zwcYQ2rgzJh9v1-QDiunKAQtLLLqJ83s38qN3HABxGIC8GsIOD0/s1600/Find+us+twitter.jpg" /></a><span id="goog_1427852018"></span><span id="goog_1427852019"></span><a href="https://www.blogger.com/"></a></div></td> </tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><b>Opposed to Capital Punishment? 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Putrajaya urged to save Malaysian on Singapore death row

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Singapore, Malaysia lawyers race against clock to save Malaysian from hangman

<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1akBZt1ss-KDTrMZMiyo5MLEx34SAedzBQo8i1s2XeMTCocqWAB4gC6aEFREEDKVs2onfmv3ZyoeBgJhZvYZOWyOAWj_-aF0_rm9czm5MD2ZhHSanxldkjAK3cHgobB4A-imVtrM2hyM/s1600/Singaporean+M+Ravi%252C+founder+of+the+Singapore+Anti-Death+Penalty+Campaign.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Singaporean M Ravi, founder of the Singapore Anti-Death Penalty Campaign" border="0" height="333" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1akBZt1ss-KDTrMZMiyo5MLEx34SAedzBQo8i1s2XeMTCocqWAB4gC6aEFREEDKVs2onfmv3ZyoeBgJhZvYZOWyOAWj_-aF0_rm9czm5MD2ZhHSanxldkjAK3cHgobB4A-imVtrM2hyM/s400/Singaporean+M+Ravi%252C+founder+of+the+Singapore+Anti-Death+Penalty+Campaign.jpg" title="Singaporean M Ravi, founder of the Singapore Anti-Death Penalty Campaign" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Singaporean M Ravi, founder of the Singapore Anti-Death Penalty Campaign</td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>S Prabagaran is to be executed in Singapore before the end of the month for trafficking drugs in the island republic.</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">PETALING JAYA: Malaysian S Prabagaran, 29, is doomed to the gallows for trafficking drugs in neighbouring Singapore in 2012 and is set to be executed in a couple of weeks.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">But a prominent Singaporean lawyer and two of his Malaysian counterparts are racing against the clock to save his life.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Singaporean M Ravi, who founded the Singapore Anti-Death Penalty Campaign is working with human rights lawyers Latheefa Koya and N Surendran to stop Prabagaran’s execution.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Both Latheefa and Surendran are members of PKR. Surendran is also the Padang Serai MP.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">According to Singapore website The Independent, the Malaysian lawyers may file for a judicial review in the Kuala Lumpur High Court for an order to compel Putrajaya to file an immediate complaint at the International Court of Justice (ICJ).</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">They hope that this would save Prabagaran from being “unlawfully executed” under customary international law, on account of a breach of his right to a fair trial in Singapore.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Ravi also said he met with Malaysia’s ambassador-at-large for human rights Shafee Abdullah and briefed him on his ICJ memorandum addressed to the Malaysian government.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Anti-death penalty activists in Singapore say that Prabagaran has maintained his innocence and helped Singapore’s Central Narcotics Bureau to disrupt drug activities. He is waiting for the result of his clemency petition to the Singapore President.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">“If the Public Prosecutor so certifies, and if the offender is also merely a courier, then the sentencing judge has the discretion to impose life imprisonment in lieu of the death penalty,” said Ravi.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Both Singapore and Malaysia have strict anti-drug laws which can carry the death penalty.</div><br />Source: <a href="http://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2017/01/08/singapore-malaysia-lawyers-race-against-clock-to-save-malaysian-from-hangman/" target="_blank">FMT News</a>, January 8, 2017<br /><br /><br /><h2>Lawyers from both sides of Causeway cooperate to save Malaysian citizen sentenced to die in Singapore</h2><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">The Singapore Anti-Death Penalty activists, led by human rights advocate M Ravi, are collaborating with lawyers and lawmakers from across the Causeway to save the life of a convict currently on death row, Prabagaran A/L Srivijayan (Praba).</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Praba (age: 29) a Malaysian citizen was arrested on 12 April 2012 when he was just 24 years old, for a narcotic trafficking offence. He has been on death row for more than 4 years since 2012, and is awaiting the result of his clemency petition to the Singapore President.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Writing in his Facebook Mr Ravi said that he was extremely grateful to prominent Malaysian Human Rights Lawyers Latheefa Koya and N Surendren (also a Member of Parliament in Malaysia) for agreeing to represent Prabagaran in Malaysia.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">They are considering filing an urgent application for Judicial Review in the High Court in KL for a court order to compel the Malaysian government to file an immediate complaint at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to save Prabagaran from being unlawfully executed under customary international law on account of breach of right to a fair trial in Singapore. Mr Ravi said that he also met with Malaysia's ambassador-at large for human rights, Tan Sri Dr Shafee Abdullah and briefed him on his ICJ memorandum addressed to the Malaysian government.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The Ambassador assured Mr Ravi that he will speak to the Malaysian Minister of Foreign Affairs on Monday and do his level best to assist.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The Singapore Anti-Death Penalty activists allege that Praba is being deprived of his life in a manner that is in breach of the principles of the separation of powers, the fundamental rules of natural justice, and the rule of law.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">"In respect of a person who has been convicted of a drug offence that is punishable with death under the Second Schedule of the Misuse of Drugs Act (MDA), Section 33B(2)(b) of the Misuse of Drugs Act (MDA) provides that the Public Prosecutor may certify that a person convicted of a drug offence punishable with the death penalty has substantively assisted the Central Narcotics Bureau (CNB) in disrupting drug activities. If the Public Prosecutor so certifies, and if the offender is also merely a courier, then the sentencing judge has the discretion to impose life imprisonment in lieu of the death penalty. If the Public Prosecutor does not so certify, then the sentencing judge must sentence the offender to the death penalty.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">As discussed above, although in this case Praba has maintained his innocence, he has, in fact, done his best to provide CNB with credible leads that could well have resulted in persons involved in drug activities (i.e., Balu and Nathan) being apprehended."</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">They argue that the right to a fair trial is one of the most important fundamental human rights and that the death sentence imposed on Praba violates the right to fair trial under customary international law.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The activists said "the Public Prosecutor's determination of whether or not substantive assistance was provided is too fluid and unstable a standard by which to determine the penalty which an offender should receive."</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">In an earlier statement, they further strongly suggested that the matter should compel the Malaysian government to lodge a complaint with the International Court of Justice (ICJ) and urged the Malaysian government to safeguard the life of its own citizen who is facing impending death.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The activists also urged the Malaysian government to consider several factors including the irreversibility of the death penalty and make submissions to ICJ without delay.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">"In light of the punishment's irreversibility, the very limited time available may not be enough for preparing submissions to the ICJ. Therefore, if a submission to the ICJ is to be ultimately made, that submission should ideally be made as soon as possible."</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">In speaking to this publication, the activists say that Praba is likely to be executed by the State in the third week of January.</div><br />Source: independent.sg, January 8, 2017<br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">➤ <b>Recommended reading:</b> <a href="http://deathpenaltynews.blogspot.fr/2016/07/once-jolly-hangman-singapore-justice-in.html" target="_blank">Once a Jolly Hangman, Singapore Justice in the Dock</a>, July 23, 2016. <i>The government of Singapore does not want anyone to read this book. When it was first published in Singapore, police raided [author] Alan Shadrake's hotel room and arrested him. He was taken into custody and interrogated for two full days and two sleepless nights, then charged with contempt of court by "scandalising the judiciary". 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Singapore, Malaysia lawyers race against clock to save Malaysian from hangman

Singaporean M Ravi, founder of the Singapore Anti-Death Penalty Campaign S Prabagaran is to be executed in Singapore before the end of the m...

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Expanding number of Australians potentially facing execution for drug smuggling in Asian countries

<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgl1yYtKTaJud9qmNaZwcof388MVpewV6L9SI-SCyZ49hAZ58ztN7o5ZlFp71fVAFLXDKAJWIvJkmm9xvknbeH8nkvwW5qJGNTxwUOxShpjMFs72_e9fUX_JU3cu4bw-oKpSA6uDObDwd8/s1600/Return+to+Paradise.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Screenshot from "Return to Paradise" by Joseph Ruben, 1998" border="0" height="293" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgl1yYtKTaJud9qmNaZwcof388MVpewV6L9SI-SCyZ49hAZ58ztN7o5ZlFp71fVAFLXDKAJWIvJkmm9xvknbeH8nkvwW5qJGNTxwUOxShpjMFs72_e9fUX_JU3cu4bw-oKpSA6uDObDwd8/s400/Return+to+Paradise.jpg" title="Screenshot from "Return to Paradise" by Joseph Ruben, 1998" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Screenshot from "<a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0124595/" target="_blank">Return to Paradise</a>" by Joseph Ruben, 1998</td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: justify;">Death by firing squad, hanging or lethal injection are the possible fates of an expanding number of Australians who could face execution for drug smuggling in Asian countries. <br /><br />Last year, the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) said that the number of Australians on death row around the world was 17, with more than half detained in China and the others in countries including Malaysia, Vietnam and Singapore. <br /><br />On Wednesday, DFAT refused to reveal just how many Australians are on death row in several Asian countries. <br /><br />However, last year's total of 17 is believed to have grown, following the arrest of 2 women in Vietnam allegedly with large amounts of heroin. <br /><br />DFAT did reveal 36 of the 40 Australians in custody in Vietnam were on drug charges, but would only say "a number of these face the death penalty". <br /><br />Vietnam applies the death penalty is cases of trafficking of 100 grams of heroin or more, replacing firing squads with lethal injection 3 years ago. <br /><br />Australian Nguyen Thi Huong who was sentenced to execution has had her death penalty commuted to life, which means the 73-year-old will die in a Ho Chi Min prison. <br /><br />Peter Gardner was arrested with Sydney woman, Kalynda Davis who was later released by Chinese prison authorities without charge. <br /><br />But a second Australian woman aged 37, who was arrested in Vietnam in June this year, has yet to be publicly named but will face death by lethal injection if convicted. <br /><br />DFAT media would only say that 77 Australians are under arrest, detention or in prison in China, and 17 of those are on drug charges. <br /><br />Under China's drug laws, anyone convicted of possessing more than 50g of heroin or methamphetamines can be sentenced to death. The Chinese government uses lethal injection and the firing squad, with the latter more common for drug crimes. <br /><br />Australian/New Zealand dual national Peter Gardner is expected to learn his fate in late January when a Guangzhou Court may deliver its verdict on his case. <br /><br />Gardner, 27, was arrested at Guangzhou airport in November 2014 with Australian woman Kalynda Davis. <br /><br />Davis was later freed without charge, but Gardner was indicted for allegedly attempting to smuggle a massive 30kg of methamphetamine from China to Australia. <br /><br />Australian grandmother Nguyen Thi Huong had 2.8kg of heroin in soap bars. <br /><br />At least 4 other Australians are believed to have received death sentences, or suspended death sentences in China, which may be commuted to life imprisonment. <br /><br />The conditions in Chinese prisons are harsh, with 15 prisoners sharing a 6m x 3m cell, taking turns on a sleeping platform and sharing a single open toilet. <br /><br />Australian woman Maria Exposto faced charges in court last month in Malaysia, which strictly imposes mandatory death by hanging for those possessing 15g of heroin or 40g of cocaine. <br /><br />Malaysia has hanged three Australians for drug trafficking, Kevin Barlow and Brian Chambers in 1986 and Michael McAuliffe in 1993. <br /><br />Australian man Van Tuong Nguyen hanged in Singapore in 2005. Indonesia executed Bali 9 ringleaders Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran. <br /><br />China has also cracked down on people carrying drugs to be sold for profit rather than for personal use. <br /><br /></div><h3>PETER GARDNER, 27 </h3><br />Charge: Attempt to smuggle 30kg methamphetamine in suitcases on Sydney flight at Guangzhou airport in November 2014 <br /><br />Death penalty: China/ Firing squad <br /><br />Dual Australian and New Zealand citizen, Peter Gardner was arrested with his then girlfriend, Sydney promotions representative Kalynda Davis, at Guangzhou Airport in November 2014. <br /><br />Gardner allegedly tried to board a Sydney flight with Davis and two suitcases full of 3kg of ice worth $20 million in bags. <br /><br />Guangzhou authorities say the suitcases, which were superglued, contained the biggest haul of methamphetamine recorded at the airport. <br /><br />Davis' policeman father made a mercy dash to China and his daughter was released without charge and sent home in December. <br /><br />But Gardner has been languishing in a Guangzhou prison since. <br /><br />Gardner told a Guangzhou court earlier this year that he thought the suitcases contained the performance enhancing sport drugs, peptides, and that this was "the biggest mistake of my life". <br /><br />He reportedly faces another hearing in January 2017, at which he may learn whether he will be convicted and sentenced to death. <br /><br /><h3>PHAM TRUNG DUNG, 37 </h3><br />Charge: Smuggling 4kg heroin in suitcases onto a Sydney-bound flight <br /><br />Death penalty: Vietnam/ Lethal injection <br /><br />Dung was discovered with more than 4kg of heroin in 2 suitcases as he boarded a flight from Ho Chi Minh City to Australia in May 2013. <br /><br />Dung told a Ho Chi Minh City court that he had been living in Australia with his partner and 2 sons and was made an offer he couldn't refuse. <br /><br />An unidentified man paid him $40,000 to transport the drugs back to Australia and deliver them to an acquaintance. <br /><br />Sentenced to death in June 2014, Dung may appeal but faces lethal injection. <br /><br />Death by hanging could be the fate of Maria Exposto for trafficking 1.1kg of ice if a Malaysian court convicts the Melbourne woman. <br /><br /><h3>MARIA ELVIRA PINTO EXPOSTO, 52 </h3><br />Charge: 1.1kg methamphetamine in 2014 <br /><br />Death penalty: Malaysia/ Hanging <br /><br />Sydney grandmother Maria Exposto was stopped at the Kuala Lumpur airport customs desk on December 7, 2014. <br /><br />Exposto was in transit from Shanghai and about to catch a Malaysian Airlines flight to Melbourne. <br /><br />Customs officer Mohd Noor Nashariq scanned her bag and allegedly found 1.1kg of methamphetamine secreted in a hand stitched compartment. <br /><br />In Malaysia, death by hanging is mandatory for anyone convicted of carrying more than 50g of drugs. <br /><br />Exposto has maintained her innocence since her arrest, claiming she travelled to Shanghai for romance with a man claiming to be a US serviceman, but who turned out to be a scammer. <br /><br />She says a stranger duped her into carrying a backpack, which she believed was full of clothes, not drugs, to Melbourne. <br /><br />Customs officers found the ice stitched into the pack. <br /><br />Exposto faced hearings at the Shah Alam High Court last month but no decision has been made as to her verdict or fate. <br /><br /><h3>NGUYEN THI HUONG, 73 </h3><br />Charge: Boarding a December 2014 flight for Sydney with 2.8kg of heroin hidden in 36 bars of soap <br /><br />Death penalty: Vietnam/ Lethal injection <br /><br />Sentenced to death by lethal injection in June this year after the Ho Chi Minh City People???s Court found her guilty of attempting to smuggle 2.8kg of heroin in bars of soap 2 years ago. <br /><br />Huong said a woman gave her the soap and she planned to take them back to Australia as gifts for family. <br /><br />She said she did not know it contained heroin, but the Ho Chi Minh City court rejected her defence in a half day trial. <br /><br />Late last month, the People's High Court reduced the great grandmother???s death sentence to life in prison, which means she will die in Chi Hoa prison, which is infamous for its harsh and squalid conditions. <br /><br /><h3>UNNAMED AUSTRALIAN WOMAN, 37 </h3><br />Charge: Trafficking 4.8kg of heroin in her luggage. <br /><br />Death penalty: Vietnam/Lethal injection <br /><br />Arrested in June this year, the 37-year-old Australian of Vietnamese origin was detained at Tan Son Nhut Airport in the southern hub of Ho Chi Minh City. <br /><br />Officials claim they found nearly 5kg of heroin hidden in picture frames in her luggage. <br /><br />The woman allegedly told officers she was paid $33,500 to transport the heroin to Australia. <br /><br />She has yet to face trial, but Vietnam has some of the world's toughest drug laws and trafficking even small amounts of heroin is punishable by death. <br /><br />Queensland man Ibrahim Jalloh is reportedly awaiting trial in China on drug charges. <br /><br /><h3>BENGALI SHERRIF AND IBRAHIM JALLOH </h3><br />Charge: in June 2014 <br /><br />Death penalty: China/ Firing squad <br /><br />Chinese officials arrested the 2 young men from Queensland at Guangzhou airport in June 2014 in possession of methamphetamine. <br /><br />Sherrif has received a "suspended" death sentence, but the outcome is uncertain. <br /><br />Jalloh, who has an intellectual disability, has received a suspended death sentence, which may be commuted to life in prison. <br /><br /><h3>HENRY CHHIN </h3><br />Charge: concealing 270g of methamphetamine in computer equipment in May 2004/ 700g of meth in furniture in 2014 <br /><br />Death penalty: China/ Firing squad <br /><br />Shanghai police intercepted 270g of ice concealed in computer equipment which they alleged Chhin tried to send from China to Australia in 2005. <br /><br />Chhin was sentenced to death and his sentence was suspended for 2 years. <br /><br />But Shenzen police uncovered a further 700g of meth in cabinets at Chhin's residence, and his fate is currently unclear. <br /><br /><h3>ANTHONY BANNISTER, 43 </h3><br />Charge: Attempt to smuggle 3kg of methamphetamine to Australia <br /><br />Death penalty: China/ Firing squad <br /><br />Former Adelaide jockey Bannister was arrested at Guangzhou International Airport in March 2014. <br /><br />Customs officers claim they found 3kg of methamphetamine in envelopes inside 8 handbags in his luggage. <br /><br />Bannister claims he was set up by online conmen who convinced him he could obtain a lucrative divorce settlement from his former wife. <br /><br />Bannister's lawyer told a court that he was given a suitcase containing women's handbags to take back to Australia as a favour. <br /><br />Given a suspended death sentence, he may end up with life in a Chinese prison, but is appealing his conviction. <br /><br />Source: <a 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Expanding number of Australians potentially facing execution for drug smuggling in Asian countries

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